EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A1 - Littoral rock and other hard substrata > A1.2 - Moderate energy littoral rock > A1.23 - Mediterranean communities of lower mediolittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action > A1.234 - Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)

Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)

English name: Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)

Description (English)

This habitat is characterised by a high variability in ecological conditions. It is sometimes characterised by facies with sessile gastropod vermetids located in the middle level of the sea water. It forms well-developed vermetid platforms in Sicily, Corsica and in the eastern Mediterranean basin.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A1.234

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Vegetation types

Species mentioned in habitat description

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Barcelona Convention 199812	II.4.2.10.	Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with vermetids (infralittoral enclave)	source
CORINE Land Cover	4.2.3.	Intertidal flats	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A1.234	Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1.274	Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1.274	Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1.264	Pools and lagoons sometimes associated with Vermetus spp. (infralittoral enclave)	same

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